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Ritual wine container (<em>hu</em>) with masks (<em>taotie</em>) and dragons
From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Bronze ceremonial vessel, type hu [Ch]. Decoration cast in high and low relief in six registers. Silvery patination with green inscrustations. Shape ovoid in section with swelling body and slightly flaring mouth and foot. Handles in shape of bovine heads.
National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineRitual wine container (<em>hu</em>) with masks (<em>taotie</em>) and dragons. ca. 1200 BCE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment. CC0.
